Odocoileus virginianus (White Tail Deer)

While this majestic animal may look lovely in the winter landscape, it can devastate your plantings. For tips on how to deter deer from your garden, or plants that deer most often dislike, check with your local Extension Service.

AUGUSTA—This week, Maine celebrates Arbor Week. Trees and forests contribute in many ways to communities throughout Maine. During Arbor Week, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry encourages residents to take time out for trees. In particular, take some time to look at ash...

I would like to introduce you to my old friend and new collaborator at the Nursery, Evie King. Evie comes up from Mass. where she and her partner Roger Coggeshall propagated and sold lilacs and were known worldwide as Syringa Plus. Not just the ones we might know by name but the rarest of the rare…..the almost lost and no longer in the trade,,,,the one of a kind lilacs. Roger was the Lilac propagator at Arnold Arboretum in the ‘50s and after his recent passing I saw that Evie was floating around with no place to continue her passion for keeping these old treasures going and invited her to use my mist system. From there she has moved most of her plants up, added a small propagation house and basically “moved in”. (At my invitation of course!)

Syringa Plus (www.syringaplus.com) is alive and well at Carols Collectibles Nursery and I’d like you to welcome Evie to the community of plant enthusiasts and Lilac lovers. We invite you to come see the show when the Lilacs bloom! ... See MoreSee Less